Professional Development
Ensure your people, organization and culture deliver true person centred dementia care.
Whether you're just starting the journey towards person centred care or already heavily invested, our courses and consulting will help you to put your best foot forward.
Dementia: Understanding the Journey
27 hours
CA$ 995
Certificate
12 Participants
Tried, tested, and continuously improved over 25-years, this multi-week certificate program is the benchmark course for professionals, covering all aspects of care and promoting personal leadership among home and long term care providers.
9 weeks. Nine modules. One transformative course.
Dementia: Understanding the Journey teaches you the competencies every care provider needs: how to understand behaviour, communicate effectively, create person-centred environments, and lead with confidence.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), Dietary Staff, Activity Directors, Resident Attendants, Volunteers, Volunteer Managers, Families, Caregivers
Volunteer Management in Long Term Care
6 hours
CA$ 399
Certificate
15 Participants
This practical, interactive, and totally virtual course is designed for leaders in long-term care settings—activity professionals, volunteer coordinators, and leadership staff.
In just 90 minutes a week over four weeks, for $399, participants will explore person-centred strategies for building and sustaining effective volunteer programs that truly enhance resident life.
Now taking registrations for October 2026!
Suitable for: Activity Directors, Volunteer Managers
Therapeutic Activity Professionals
180 hours
CA$ 2499
Certificate
12 Participants
The total package for anyone wanting to become a champion of therapeutic care. Over six-months, 90 hours of learning to ensure a robust knowledgebase, augmented concurrently by a 90-hour field-experience practicum, mentored by a member of the leadership team.
Suitable for: Activity Directors
One Page Profiles Masterclass
4 hours
CA$ 249
15 Participants
A One-Page Profile is a best practice tool first developed by Helen Sanderson Associates in the UK and is now in use internationally.
It is a straightforward at-a-glance tool to help long-term care professionals provide better person-centred care and support. For elders in your care, it provides a record of how they'd like people to help them, including if and when they need care and support.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), Housekeeping Staff, Dietary Staff, Activity Directors, Everyone in our community, Resident Attendants
Seated Tai Chi: Awakening Stillness and Wellbeing
20 hours
CA$ 299
Certificate
15 Participants
A unique continuing education course to train healthcare professionals in long-term care to guide seated tai chi sessions for people in their care.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Activity Directors, Volunteers, Volunteer Managers, Caregivers
On-demand: Reflective Practice & Culture
0.5 hours
CA$ 79
98 Participants
Learn how everyday moments shape culture. This course gives teams a shared, non‑blaming way to reflect on practice and strengthen the lived experience of care.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), Housekeeping Staff, Dietary Staff, Activity Directors, Resident Attendants, Volunteers, Volunteer Managers, Current and Prospective Board Members
On-demand: Foundations of Narrative Care
0.5 hours
CA$ 79
97 Participants
Discover why story is central to person‑centred dementia care. This course helps teams recognise identity, preserve continuity, and use everyday interactions to honour the person behind the diagnosis.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), Housekeeping Staff, Dietary Staff, Activity Directors, Resident Attendants, Volunteers, Volunteer Managers, Current and Prospective Board Members
On-demand Course: A Strengths-Based Ability Lens
0.5 hours
CA$ 79
97 Participants
Learn to see daily care as partnership, not tasks. This course helps staff recognise remaining abilities, shift from deficits to strengths, and support dignity through small, meaningful changes.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), Housekeeping Staff, Dietary Staff, Activity Directors, Resident Attendants, Volunteers, Volunteer Managers, Current and Prospective Board Members
On-demand: When Caring Hurts
0.5 hours
CA$ 79
100 Participants
Learn to recognize the emotional impact of care work. This course helps staff understand stress, moral distress, and compassion fatigue, and offers practical ways to stay grounded and supported.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), Housekeeping Staff, Dietary Staff, Activity Directors, Resident Attendants, Volunteers, Volunteer Managers, Current and Prospective Board Members
On-demand: Governance Through a Person-Centred Lens
0.5 hours
CA$ 79
100 Participants
Explore how person‑centred values guide leadership and governance. This course helps boards and leaders make decisions that strengthen culture, dignity, and everyday care.
Suitable for: Current and Prospective Board Members
On-demand: Dementia Care Volunteers
0.5 hours
CA$ 49
100 Participants
Learn how volunteers can offer meaningful, person‑centred support. This course introduces dementia basics, communication skills, and ways to create connection through everyday moments.
Suitable for: Volunteers, Volunteer Managers
On-demand: Autism and Older Adults - Exclusive Free Webinar
1 hours
CA$ 0
100 Participants
In this free and on-demand webinar, explore the unique challenges faced by elderly individuals with autism and discover effective strategies for support and care in this exclusive webinar, hosted by Marie-Pier LeRoux.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), Housekeeping Staff, Dietary Staff, Activity Directors, Everyone in our community, Resident Attendants
On-demand: Pathways Series - Complementary Course
510 hours
CA$ 0
100 Participants
The Pathways Series On Demand is for caregivers and care professionals who welcome help, and would like to improve your ability to manage your energy, motivation, and perspective— for your own wellbeing—and in order to better provide the quality care that you desire to achieve.
Suitable for: Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Personal Support Workers
Dementia Care Mapping
Dementia Care Mapping (DCM), is an observational technique used since 1991 in over 30 countries. A DCM’s fact based recommendations that leadership and direct care staff can easily apply to improve the quality of care.
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